![[Intersections] LA County vows support for immigrants](https://dainabeth.files.wordpress.com/2015/03/solis-slider.jpg?w=290&h=290&crop=1 "[Intersections] LA County vows support for immigrants")
Los Angeles County officials voted Tuesday to put resources in place to help immigrants apply for deportation relief, despite a federal judge’s ruling last week to halt an expansion of the Obama administration’s deferred action programs. Continue reading
![[Intersections] USC student attempted to flee fatal attack](https://dainabeth.files.wordpress.com/2014/08/rosetsai-usckilling-creditdainasolomon-600.jpg?w=290&h=290&crop=1 "[Intersections] USC student attempted to flee fatal attack")
Xinran Ji sprinted into the middle of the street toward his apartment near the University of Southern California last summer as three attackers dashed after, striking him one by one with a baseball bat. Continue reading
![[Intersections] Zumba boom in South LA’s concrete desert](https://dainabeth.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/zumbajump-slider-blog.jpg?w=290&h=290&crop=1 "[Intersections] Zumba boom in South LA’s concrete desert")
A new crop of Zumba studios have taken root in South LA, helping people lose weight and transform their lives. Continue reading
![[Intersections | Annenberg Radio] Call for help, call to stop human trafficking](https://dainabeth.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/mrt-trafficking.jpg?w=290&h=290&crop=1 "[Intersections | Annenberg Radio] Call for help, call to stop human trafficking")
Los Angeles will soon see several dozen new billboards and posters across the city featuring digits outlined in bright teal – a hotline for human trafficking victims to get help. Continue reading
![[Intersections | LA Weekly] 40 years for four shots](https://dainabeth.files.wordpress.com/2014/08/spencer-horizontal.jpg?w=290&h=290&crop=1 "[Intersections | LA Weekly] 40 years for four shots")
Brandon Spencer has recently begun serving a prison term for opening fire at a Halloween party two years ago at the University of Southern California. He is paying a 40-year price for four shots that killed no one. Continue reading
![[Intersections | LA Weekly] An unexplained death in South LA](https://dainabeth.files.wordpress.com/2014/08/coroner3.jpg?w=290&h=290&crop=1 "[Intersections | LA Weekly] An unexplained death in South LA")
Stanley Thiesfield’s cause of death will likely remain “undetermined” to the coroner and investigators. So will hundreds of other deaths each year in Los Angeles, haunting both families and officials. Continue reading
![[Intersections] Snapshots from the Watts Senior Citizen Prom](https://dainabeth.files.wordpress.com/2014/08/img_2329-1-blog.jpg?w=290&h=290&crop=1 "[Intersections] Snapshots from the Watts Senior Citizen Prom")
Guests shared stories about long lives spent in the ever-changing neighborhoods of Watts and South LA. Continue reading
![[Intersections] City collects 950 guns in buyback](https://dainabeth.files.wordpress.com/2014/06/mexicogunedit2-650-forblog.jpg?w=290&h=290&crop=1 "[Intersections] City collects 950 guns in buyback")
The Los Angeles Police Department collected 950 weapons in its annual buyback program that gives Angelenos gift cards for guns.
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![[Intersections] Facing off against pollution in South LA neighborhoods](https://dainabeth.files.wordpress.com/2014/05/environmentalmap.png?w=290&h=290&crop=1 "[Intersections] Facing off against pollution in South LA neighborhoods")
An updated report says ethnic minorities comprise a large proportion of residents in California’s most polluted neighborhoods. Continue reading
![[Intersections] May Day workers’ march will call for living wages (+ Video)](https://dainabeth.files.wordpress.com/2014/04/mariaelenadurazo.jpg?w=290&h=290&crop=1 "[Intersections] May Day workers’ march will call for living wages (+ Video)")
Activists will press for immigration reform and livable wages on May 1, International Workers’ Day. Continue reading
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